Palaearctic Fennoscandia South to the Mediterranean basin and North Africa. Ireland East through Europe into Russia and the Russian Far East, through Siberia to the Pacific coast (Sakhalin). India.Fauna EuropaeaPeck, L.V. (1988). Syrphidae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera 8: 11–230. Akad. Kiado, Budapest.
