It inhabits central and western Europe, the Palaearctic region, and eastern Asia.

The species can also be found in countries like: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania and the Netherlands.

It lives in cement and stony clinker, and can be found in pulverised fuel ash as well.

The spider feed in areas with a high salt concentration, which it finds on halophytic plants such as Salicornia.

[8] The species are considered to be endangered in the Czech Republic, Norway, and in Flanders, Belgium.