Phanaeus prasinus Harold, 1868

Lizardo, Viridiana, Moctezuma, Víctor & Escobar-Sarria, Federico, 2022, Predicted and recorded distribution maps of the genus Phanaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Supplementary material of Distribution, Regionalization, and Diversity of the dung beetle genus Phanaeus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) using Species Distribution Models, Zootaxa (suppl.) 5213 (5), pp. 1-77 : 35-36

Phanaeus prasinus Harold, 1868

Recorded Distribution: COLOMBIA: Norte de Santander — Chinácota , VENEZUELA: Anzoátegui — Independencia , Carabobo — Diego Ibarra, Falcón — Cacique Manaure, Guárico — Chaguaramas, Camaguán, Mérida — Libertador, Miranda — Brión, Acevedo, Monagas — Bolívar, Yaracuy — Manuel Monge.

Altitude: from 20 to 1724 m a.s.l.

Biomes: Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests, Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands, Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests.

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Lara-Falcón dry forests, Trinidad and Tobago dry forest, Llanos, Trinidad and Tobago dry forest, Trinidad and Tobago moist forest, Cordillera La Costa montane forests, Venezuelan Andes montane forests, Cordillera Oriental montane forests.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from 4.93° to 12.19° latitude in an area of 140,638 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 21.21-26.65° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 10.76° C during the year and mean precipitation of 906-1220 mm per year.