Phanaeus scutifer Bates, 1887

Recorded Distribution: MEXICO: Veracruz — Alto Lucero de Gutiérrez Barrios, Juchique de Ferrer, Xalapa, Actopan, Xico, Emiliano Zapata, Cotaxtla.

Altitude: from 46 to 1345 m a.s.l.

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

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Veracruz dry forests, Veracruz moist forests, Sierra Madre Oriental montane forests.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from 17.05° to 20.41° latitude in an area of 8,092 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 21.64-25.45° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 17.34° C during the year and mean precipitation of 1123-1561 mm per year.