Phanaeus melibaeus Blanchard, 1846

Recorded Distribution: BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz — José Miguel de Velasco; BRAZIL : Maranhão — Santa Quitéria do Maranhão, Mato Grosso — Santa Terezinha, Rosário Oeste, Pontal do Araguaia, Minas Gerais — Buritizeiro .

Altitude: from 49 to 507 m a.s.l.

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

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Maranhão Babaçu forests, Cerrado.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from -32.6° to -2.78° latitude in an area of 2,718,288 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 23.73-25.63° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 18.95° C during the year and mean precipitation of 844-1758 mm per year.