Distribution; world
In Europe, known only from disjunct subpopulations in Spain, Cyprus and the Aegean islands of Lesbos and Limnos. Outside of Europe, the species also occurs across North Africa, from the Maghreb to Egypt, and also in Anatolian Turkey (Gusenleitner and Schwarz 2002):
CY, ES, GR-AN, TR, MA, DZ, TN, LY, EG
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: EU - RDB-DD (Nieto et al, 2014)