Distribution; world
The Continental distribution of this bee extends across Europe, from Poland (Dylewska, 1987), south to Spain, and eastwards to the U.S.S.R. (Ukraine, Crimea, Caucasus, Bashbirskaya)(Osychnjuk, 1977), and the Middle East (Warncke, 1969). A form also occurs in North Africa (Algeria):
AL, AT, BG, BY, CH, CY, CZ, DE, ES, FR, FR-CO, GB, GR, GR-AN, HU, IT, IT-SA, IT-SI, LT, LV, MD, MK, PL, PT, RO, RU-EU, SK, TR, UA, MA, DZ, IL, LB
Abundance; world
There is no current information available on the overall size and trends of the population, since most of the records date from before 1950 (Rasmont et al. 2013).
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: CZ - RDB0 (RE), DE1 - RDB0 (RE), DE2 - RDB0 (RE), GB - RDB1 (EN), EU - RDB-DD (Nieto et al, 2014)