(Sievers 1858, 1863; Erschoff 1880; Kawrigin 1894; Kozhanchikov 1958; J̹rivete et al. 2000)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 Ƌ, Udelnaya, 3.vii.1892 (E. Miram); 1 Ƌ, Ozerki, 16.vii.1917; 1 Ƌ, Kellomyaki, 16.vi.1956 (Kozhanchikov); 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Beloostrov, 4–11.viii.1980 (V. Prasolov); 1 ♀, Podgor’e, 7.vii.2012; 1 ♀, Olshanik, 8.vii.2015.
REMARKS. The species occurs on dry wood clearings, heathlands and bogs. Not rare.
DISTRIBUTION. The Palaearctic except for southernmost areas, Greenland, North America (Sinev 1986; Karsholt & Razowski 1996; Leraut 2014; Aarvik et al. 2017; Koçak & Kemal 2018; Sinev et al. 2019; Slamka, 2019).