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==Distribution== Worldwide distribution of tarantula hawks includes areas from [[India]] to [[Southeast Asia]], Africa,<ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/4505048 GBIF]</ref> Australia, and the Americas, with the genus ''[[Pepsis]]'' entirely restricted to the New World. In the latter, ''Pepsis'' species have been observed from as far north as [[Logan, Utah]], and south as far as [[Argentina]], with at least 250 species living in South America.<ref name="urlTarantula Hawks - DesertUSA">{{cite web |url=http://www.desertusa.com/mag01/sep/papr/thawk.html |title=Tarantula Hawks |access-date=2010-07-26}}</ref> Eighteen species of ''Pepsis'' and three species of ''[[Hemipepsis]]'' are found in the United States,<ref name="urlBugGuide">{{cite web |url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/3920 |title=Bug Guide - Pepsis - Tarantula Hawks |access-date=2016-05-05 }}</ref> primarily in the deserts of the Southwestern United States, with ''[[Pepsis grossa]]'' (formerly ''P. formosa'')<ref>Vardy, C.R. (2002). [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/46718 "The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus ''Pepsis'' Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. The ''P. grossa''- to ''P. deaurata''-groups."]</ref> and ''[[Pepsis thisbe]]'' being common.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} The two species are difficult to distinguish, but most ''P. grossa'' wasps have metallic blue bodies and reddish [[Antenna (biology)|antennae]], which separate them from ''P. thisbe''. Both species have bright orange wings that become transparent near the tip.
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