Phanaeus amethystinus Harold, 1863

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 : 5

Phanaeus amethystinus Harold, 1863

Recorded Distribution: GUATEMALA: Petén — La Libertad; MEXICO: Chiapas — Palenque, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, San Fernando , Tenejapa , Tuxtla Gutiérrez , Chiapa de Corzo , San Cristóbal de las Casas, Zinacantán, Cintalapa, Villaflores, Ocosingo, La Independencia, Frontera Comalapa, Oaxaca — Dist. Tuxtepec , Dist. Juchitan, Puebla — Tlatlauquitepec , Chilchotla, Atzitzihuacán, Veracruz — Villa Aldama, Las Vigas de Ramírez , Altotonga, Perote, Xico, La Perla.

Altitude: from 64 to 2681 m a.s.l.

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

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Chiapas Depression dry forests, Sierra Madre Oriental montane forests, Petén-Veracruz moist forests, Chiapas montane forests, Chimalapas montane forests.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from 14.84° to 20.98° latitude in an area of 93,589 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 18.56-24.92° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 16.41° C during the year and mean precipitation of 1149-2389 mm per year.