This species is present in central and southern Europe (Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, European Turkey, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Yugoslavia), in the Near East, and in the Oriental realm.

[2] These wasps are characterized by very light eyes, the ocelli arranged according to an equilateral triangle, with completely black mandibles and yellow lateral parts (genae) of the head.

The dorsal surface of antennae is black in both sexes, with wide and deep longitudinal groove.

[3] Clypeus is uniformly yellow, markedly depressed, with a distinct longitudinal ridge and a black stripe.

[2][3] The males are easily distinguishable by the combination of narrow temples and a markedly depressed clypeus.