Distribution; world
North Africa, South and central Europe, eastwards across Asia Minor to the Caucasus (Ascher and Pickering 2014). Apparently spreading northwards (Peeters, Raemakers, vd Nieuwegiessen & Kuper, 2007):
AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, ES, ES-BI, FR, FR-CO, GR, GR-AN, HR, HU, IT, IT-SA, IT-SI, LU, NL, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU, RU-EU, SK, SL, TR, UA
Abundance; world
In southern Europe, this species is abundant. Apparently spreading northwards (Peeters, Raemakers, vd Nieuwegiessen & Kuper, 2007)
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: CH - RDB3 (VU), D1E - RDB3 (VU), DE2 - RDB3 (VU), EU - RDB-LC (Nieto et al, 2014)