This species global distribution extends from CIS-Caucasia (Russian Federation) through Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, to Tajikistan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, and northern Xinjiang and Nei Mongol regions of China (Gromov and Erbaeva 1995, Wilson and Reeder 2005).

Within Mongolia, its regional distribution has been recorded from the lower drainage of the Bodonch and Bulgan rivers in Dzungarian Govi Desert, and north-western Aj Bogd Mountain Range in Trans Altai Govi Desert (Sokolov and Orlov, 1980).