G e n e r a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Kazhakstan, West Siberia, Turkey, Europe (from the Ural in the east to France and northern Spain in the west, and from southern Fennoscandia in the north to Italy and the Balkan Peninsula in the south and southeast).
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n M i d d l e E a s t: So far only known from few localities in northwestern Turkey (BODEMEYER 1900: 105, APFELBECK 1904: 205, JAEGER 1992: 225, 1999: 958). One additional record from the same region as well as one new one from northeastern Turkey can be added.
E x a m i n e d m a t e r i a l:
T u r k e y: Istanbul: Ömerli – Sile, V. 1987, Schönmann & Schillhammer (1 – NHMW). – Rize: 25 km S Pazar, 670 m, 40°57'49"N, 40°51'57"E (moist mixed forest), VII. 2008, Schülke (1 – cWRA).