In Eurasia it occurs from Portugal via southern and central Europe, Asia Minor, Levant and Caucasus to Central Asia; north to the Baltic States, in Russia to Kirov and Perm; south to Sicily, Greece, Israel and Northern Iran.

In Germany this species is currently only recorded from Brandenburg, historically from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse and Thuringia.

[5] In Germany the species used to be distributed further south, but there it has disappeared and can only be found in the northeast German lowlands.

[5] The species is found in dry and warm locations, vineyards, fallow and ruderal areas, sand and clay pits, steep banks.

[5] In Germany this species can be found in the large sandy areas north of the low mountain range, e.g. in the Döberitzer Heide.

Nests are in bare or sparsely overgrown soil, flat to sloping surfaces in self-dug corridors.

[5] From Latin "dentata" = "toothed, with teeth"; the tergites 5 and 6 of the males each have a tooth-like extension on the side.