Phanaeus hermes Harold, 1868

Recorded Distribution: COLOMBIA: Atlántico — Piojó, Bolívar — San Juan Nepomuceno, Cesar — Valledupar, Agustín Codazzi, Becerril, Córdoba — Los Córdobas, Cundinamarca — Guaduas, Pulí, Beltrán, Magdalena — Santa Marta (Dist. Esp.), Santander — Floridablanca, Piedecuesta, Sucre — Colosó, Tolima — Honda, Armero, COSTA RICA: Puntarenas — Buenos Aires .

Altitude: from 10 to 1632 m a.s.l.

Biomes: Deserts & Xeric Shrublands, Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests, Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests.

Ecorregions: NEOTROPIC: Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub, Sinú Valley dry forests, Magdalena Valley dry forests, Magdalena-Urabá moist forests, Cordillera Oriental montane forests, Isthmian-Pacific moist forests, Magdalena Valley montane forests .

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from 1.25° to 12.25° latitude in an area of 336,811 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 24.89-27.47° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 10.51° C during the year and mean precipitation of 1527-2714 mm per year.