Phanaeus sallei Harold, 1863

Recorded Distribution: GUATEMALA: Alta Verapaz — Senahú, Quiché — Ixcán, Zacapa — La Unión; MEXICO: Chiapas — Palenque, Chilón, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Cintalapa, Ocosingo, La Independencia, Hidalgo — Juárez Hidalgo, Oaxaca — Cuicatlan, Dist. Tuxtepec, Dist. Ixtlan, Dist. Juchitan, Puebla — Nauzontla, San Luis Potosí — Xilitla, Veracruz — Jilotepec, Xalapa, Tlalnelhuayocan, Cosautlán de Carvajal, Tezonapa, San Andrés Tuxtla, Catemaco.

Altitude: from 18 to 1541 m a.s.l.

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

Ecorregions: NEARCTIC: Veracruz moist forests; NEOTROPIC: Central American pine-oak forests, Sierra Madre Oriental montane forests, Veracruz moist forests, Petén-Veracruz moist forests, Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Chiapas montane forests, Central American Atlantic moist forests.

Predicted distribution: This species distributes from 12.96° to 23.77° latitude in an area of 167,391 Km2. Its predicted distribution has a mean annual temperature of 22.33-25.75° C with a maximum difference of temperature of 16.13° C during the year and mean precipitation of 1588-2652 mm per year.