Distribution; world
Mainly distributed around the west of the Mediterranean basin, northwards to southern Switzerland (Stöckhert 1930, Warncke 1967), however, outlying, disjunct sub-populations occur in Turkey (Osytshnjuk et al. 2005) and southern Ukraine. It is present in Asia: Georgia (Osytshnjuk 1977, Skhirtladze 2002), Azerbaijan (Osytshnjuk 1977), and Turkmenistan (Osytshnjuk et al. 2005). Ascher (2013) indicates the species is present in Slovakia and the Czech Republic but these data are not consistent with national check lists and have no reference.:
CH, ES, FR, HR, HU, MD, PT, RO, RU-EU, TR, UA, MA, TM, TR
Abundance; world
There is no information available on the size of the population or any indication of population trends in the main part of the range. In Russia, the species is regarded as very rare.
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: MD - RDB4 (NT), EU - RDB-DD (Nieto et al, 2014)