In the UAE, Jongbloed et al. (2003) reported a small number of isolated localities in coastal or near-coastal areas of the Ajman, Dubai and Abu Dhabi emirates. More recent records suggest a more frequent and widespread distribution, and Karim and Dhakeel (2006) give the distribution as Abu Dhabi (e.g., Sila, Tarif), Dubai, Fujairah, and Umm al-Qaiwain. In Ra's al-Khaimah, Feulner (2011) reported the species from, or adjacent to, salt marshes north of Rams and Llewellyn-Smith (2011) recorded the species at the Khor Hulaylah coastal wetland complex. Sakkir and Brown (2014) found the species at Jebel Hafeet, but comment that the species has been introduced to the area through human disturbance and benefits from irrigated agriculture. Globally, this species occurs throughout the Mediterranean, east through western and central Asia, to India and south to northern and central Africa, as well as South America, Australia and parts of Southeast Asia. There is no information on whether some of these populations may be non-native. In the Arabian Peninsula, this species occurs throughout coastal areas in the region, and locally inland in Oman.