Distribution; world
Widely distributed throughout the western Palaearctic, from Sweden south across Europe to North Africa, and east Asia Minor and Russia (Caucasus)(Warncke, 1966; Osychnjuk, 1977), Iran (Alfken, 1934, 1935), and Afghanistan (Warncke, 1973).
AD, AL, AT, BA, BE, BG, BY, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, ES-BI, FI, FL, FR, FR-CO, GB, GR, GR-AN, GR-DD, GR-KR, HR, HU, IE, IT, IT-SA, IT-SI, LT, LU, LV, MD, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU-EU, SE, SK, SL, TR, UA, MA, DZ, TN, LY, EG, AF, IL, IR, LB
Abundance; world
Although presumably populations are large, there is no information available about the actual population size and trends of this species.
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: IE - RDB3 (VU), EU - RDB-LC (Nieto et al, 2014)