Distribution; world
According to Koster (1986) this is a south-western European and north-western African species; in the Netherlands he has also demonstrated that it is a predominantly coastal bee. The species is widespread across Europe, from Portugal to Ukraine, and Asia Minor and the Maghreb region of north Africa:
AT, BG, CH, CZ, DE, ES, ES-BI, FR, FR-CO, GB, GR, GR-AN, HR, HU, IT, NL, PT, RO, SK, SL, UA, YU, MA, DZ, TN, TR
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: CZ - RDB1 (CR), DE1 - RDBR (GR), DE2 - RDBR (Rare), GB - RDB3 (R), NL - RDB4 (NT)