Phanaeus chalcomelas (Perty, 1830)

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 : 16-17

Phanaeus chalcomelas (Perty, 1830)

Recorded Distribution: BOLIVIA: Cochabamba — Carrasco, Santa Cruz — Ichilo; BRAZIL: Amapá — Laranjal do Jari, Amazonas — São Gabriel de Cahoeira, Rio Preto da Eva, Pará — Almerim, Rondônia — Cacaulândia; COLOMBIA: Amazonas — Leticia, Caquetá — Solano, Guaviare — San José del Guaviare, Meta — Puerto López, San Martín, La Uribe, Putumayo — Puerto Asís, Vaupés — Taraira, Vichada — Santa Rita, ECUADOR: Azuay — Pucará, Loja — Saraguro, Morona Santiago — Taisha, Morona, Sucúa, Limón Indanza, Tiwintza, Napo — El Chaco, Tena, Orellana — La Joya de los Sachas, Loreto, Orellana, Aguarico, Pastaza — Arajuno, Mejía, Pastaza, Pichincha — Quito, Sucumbios — Lago Agrio, Cascales, Putumayo, Gonzalo Pizarro, Shushufindi, Tungurahua — Santiago de Pillaro, Zamora Chinchipe — Zamora, FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne — Iracoubo, Kourou, Roura, Saint-Elie, Régina (-Kaw), Camopi, Saint-Laurent-du- Maroni — Saint-Laurent (du Maroni), Saül, Maripasoula, PERU: Amazonas — Condorcanqui, Cusco — La Convención, Paucartambo, Junín — Satipo, Loreto — Maynas, Loreto, Requena, Madre de Dios — Manu, Tambopata, Ucayali — Coronel Portillo, SURINAME: Brokopondo — Brownsweg, Sipaliwini — Tapanahony .

Altitude: from 25 to 3508 m a.s.l.

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

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Llanos, Guianan lowland moist forests, Negro-Branco moist forests, Guianan Highlands moist forests, Caqueta moist forests, Rio Negro campinarana, Napo moist forests, Purus várzea, Northwest Andean montane forests, Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests, Uatumã-Trombetas moist forests, Marajó várzea, Solimões-Japurá moist forests, Ucayali moist forests, Southwest Amazon moist forests, Madeira-Tapajós moist forests, Southwest Amazon moist forest.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from -17.88° to 10.75° latitude in an area of 2,221,692 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 24.96-26.07° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 11.65° C during the year and mean precipitation of 2249-2994 mm per year.