Chihuahuan-desert-endemic
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Shotwellia isleta
Shotwellia isleta is a rare, monotypic band-winged grasshopper described by Gurney in 1940. Molecular phylogenetic analysis places it as sister to other genera within the Chortophaga genus group of Oedipodinae. The species is a habitat specialist restricted to isolated locations in the Chihuahuan Desert.