Distribution. This species is found in the Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental and Palaearctic Regions (Azari-Hamidian et al. 2019). In the Middle East and North Africa, it is recorded in Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen (Edwards 1914; Knight 1953 a, b; Lewis 1956; Mattingly & Knight 1956; White 1980; Harbach 1985, 1988; Harbach et al. 1989; Minář 1991; Harbach 1998; van Harten & Wagener 1994; Al Ahmad et al. 2011; Kardousha 2015; Hassan et al. 2016; Irish et al. 2016; Tantely et al. 2016; Gunathilaka 2018; Azari-Hamadian et al. 2019; Camp et al. 2019; Maquart et al. 2021; Schaffner et al. 2021; Wilkerson et al. 2021). It was recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia by Mattingly & Knight (1956).
Sumber: An overview of the mosquitoes of Saudi Arabia (Diptera: Culicidae), with updated keys to the adult females