It occurs in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia), Europe (Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, North Macedonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine), and Asia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey).

[1] The beetle was previously present in the United Kingdom but went locally extinct at least hundreds of years ago.

[2][3] It has been recorded in the UK since, but this believed to be because of accidental human introduction due to wood transport.

It has an elongated, robust body and, like all members of the longhorn family, it has long antennae.

In males, these thread-like antennae are longer than the body, but in females they are only as long as the hard wing cases (the elytra).