Editing Phasmatodea (section)

==Distribution==

Phasmatodea can be found all over the world except for the Antarctic and Patagonia. They are most numerous in the [[tropics]] and [[subtropics]]. The greatest diversity is found in [[Southeast Asia]] and [[South America]], followed by [[List of Phasmatodea of Australia|Australia]], Central America, and the southern United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Distribution for order Phasmida |url=http://phasmida.speciesfile.org/Common/editTaxon/Distribution/ShowDistribution.aspx?TaxonNameID=1199226 |access-date=2 October 2015}}</ref> Over 300 species are known from the island of [[Borneo]], making it the richest place in the world for Phasmatodea.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bragg|first1=Philip E.|title=Phasmids of Borneo|date=2001|publisher=Kota Kinabalu|isbn=978-983-812-027-2}}</ref>