Distribution; world
Eastern Europe, estwards to Asia Minor and central Asia. Its altitudinal distribution is wide: from the sea level in Greece up to 3000 m in N. Iran (Rasmont et al., 2008):
BG, CY, GR, GR-DD, GR-KR, ME, RS, TR, AM, GE, IR, LB, SY, TM
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: EU - RDB-LC (Nieto et al, 2014)