Phanaeus meleagris Blanchard, 1846

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 : 18

Phanaeus meleagris Blanchard, 1846

Recorded Distribution: BOLIVIA: Cochabamba — Chapare, La Paz — Omasuyos, Nor Yungas, Santa Cruz — Ichilo; COLOMBIA: Antioquia — Yolombó, El Carmen de Viboral , Arauca — Tame, Boyacá — Maripí, Pajarito, Caquetá — San Vicente del Caguán, San José del Fragua , Casanare — Aguazul, Cundinamarca — Medina, Meta — Restrepo, Nariño — Ipiales, Santander — El Carmen de Chucurí , ECUADOR: El Oro — Portovelo, Morona Santiago — Morona, Napo — El Chaco, Archidona, Pastaza — Mejía, Pastaza, Sucumbios — Gonzalo Pizarro, Tungurahua — Baños de Agua Santa , Zamora Chinchipe — El Pangui, Zamora, Nangaritza, Palanda, PERU: Cajamarca — San Ignacio, Cusco — Quispicanchi, Huánuco — Leoncio Prado, Junín — Chanchamayo, Loreto — Maynas, Pasco — Oxapampa, Ucayali — Padre Abad, VENEZUELA: Táchira — San Cristóbal.

Altitude: from 228 to 3981 m a.s.l.

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

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Central Andean wet puna, Venezuelan Andes montane forests, Magdalena Valley montane forests, Cordillera Oriental montane forests, Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests, Napo moist forests, Peruvian Yungas, Ucayali moist forests, Southwest Amazon moist forests, Bolivian Yungas.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from -18.39° to 11.21° latitude in an area of 524,842 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 18.77-23.7° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 12.1° C during the year and mean precipitation of 1551-2886 mm per year.