Phanaeus (scarab beetle)

Abundance: 0.04 to 16.23% (median 1.09%)

Latitudinal range: -29.7° to 41.5°

Habitats: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate savanna (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (9), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (31), tropical/subtropical savanna (4)

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Found in 47 samples

Bolivia: Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado (1997 forest samples)

Brazil: Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (contiguous forest), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (diurnal traps), Morro do Elefante, Morro do Cerrito, Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (clearcuts), Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (1 ha forest fragment), Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (10 ha forest fragment), Area de Proteção Ambiental de Cafuringa (feces-baited), Guajará Mirim e Nova Mamoré (baço bovino)

Colombia: Elí Farm (howler monkey dung baited), Elí Farm (woolly monkey dung baited), Serranía de Coroza (dry forest, rainy season)

Ecuador: Chiruisla Station, Centro Cientifico de Rio Palenque (May 1975), Centro Cientifico de Rio Palenque (February 1976), Centro Cientifico de Rio Palenque (July 1976)

French Guiana: Paracou (roadside forest), Nouragues Research Station (2003 FIT/creek), Paracou (interior forest), Nouragues Research Station (November 2007)

Mexico: San Jose de la Victoria, Boca del Chajul, Los Tuxtlas (coati dung/nocturnal), Los Tuxtlas (continuous forest), Los Tuxtlas (howlers present), Los Tuxtlas (howlers absent), Jalcomulco, Real Minero, Santa Rosa, Vicente Guerrero (IF), San Martín Volcano (pastures), Vicente Guerrero (PE), Los Tuxtlas (mosaic habitat), Los Tuxtlas (forest fragments), San Fernando (tropical deciduous forest), San Fernando (pasture with Acacia shrubs), Tepexco (June)

Suriname: Kutari

United States: Blackbeard Island, Cumberland Island, East of Arapaho Prairie, Arapaho Prairie, Welder Wildlife Refuge (open chaparral), Welder Wildlife Refuge (1985), North of Caldwell (open pasture, 1979), Hutcheson Memorial Forest disturbed field (June/July)

See also Phanaeus bispinus, Phanaeus cambeforti, Phanaeus chalcomelas, Phanaeus daphnis, Phanaeus difformis, Phanaeus endymion, Phanaeus faunas, Phanaeus haroldi, Phanaeus hermes, Phanaeus igneus, Phanaeus jasius, Phanaeus lancifer, Phanaeus mexicanus, Phanaeus noctis, Phanaeus palaeno, Phanaeus parvulus, Phanaeus pyrois, Phanaeus splendidulus, Phanaeus tridens, Phanaeus vindex, Phanaeus wagneri