Phanaeus excelsus Bates, 1889

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 : 40-41

Phanaeus excelsus Bates, 1889

Recorded Distribution: COSTA RICA: Guanacaste — La Cruz, Liberia, Cañas, EL SALVADOR: La Libertad — Opico, La Libertad, La Unión — Conchagua, Intipucá, Usulután — Usulután, GUATEMALA: Izabal — Los Amates, HONDURAS: Choluteca — Choluteca, NICARAGUA: Chinandega — Posoltega, Managua — Managua.

Altitude: from 9 to 1069 m a.s.l.

Biomes: Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests, Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests, Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests.

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Central American pine-oak forests, Central American dry forests, Central American Atlantic moist forests.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from 9.56° to 16.29° latitude in an area of 57,208 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 25.93-27.27° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 11.53° C during the year and mean precipitation of 1468-1854 mm per year.