Phanaeus amithaon Harold, 1875

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 : 37

Phanaeus amithaon Harold, 1875

Recorded Distribution: MEXICO: Aguascalientes — Aguascalientes, Colima — Minatitlán, Comala, Durango — Mezquital, Guanajuato — Dolores Hidalgo, Irapuato, Hidalgo — San Salvador, Jalisco — Santa María de los Angeles, Lagos de Moreno, San Cristóbal de la Barranca, Cuquito, San Sebastián del Oeste, Zapopan, Acatic, Guadalajara, Ameca, Tonalá, Tala, Juanacatlán, El Salto, Cocula, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Chapala, La Barca, Atoyac, El Grullo, México — Ocuilan, Michoacán — Tlazazalca, Jiquilpan, Maravatío, Quiroga, Morelia, Tzintzuntzan, Tuxpan, Pátzcuaro, Huiramba, Chinicuila, Morelos — Tepoztlán, Tlalnepantla, Miacatlán, Tlaquiltenango, Nayarit — Acaponeta, El Nayar, Tepic, Santa María del Oro, Compostela, Querétaro — Querétaro, Tequisquiapan, Sinaloa — Sinaloa, Concordia, Mazatlán, Sonora — Yécora, Rosario, Tlaxcala — Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros, Zacatecas — Trinidad García de la Cadena, Mezquital del Oro, UNITED STATES: Arizona — Santa Cruz, Cochise.

Altitude: from 9 to 2462 m a.s.l.

Biomes: Deserts & Xeric Shrublands, Tropical & Subtropical Coniferous Forests, Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests.

Ecorregions: NEARCTIC: Chihuahuan desert, Central Mexican matorral, Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests, Sonoran-Sinaloan subtropical dry forest; NEOTROPIC: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests, Sinaloan dry forests, Bajío dry forests, Jalisco dry forests, Balsas dry forests.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from 17.92° to 26.98° latitude in an area of 229,998 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 17.72-23.22° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 21.71° C during the year and mean precipitation of 740-1040 mm per year.