species

† Zessinia pulcherrima Martins-Neto, 1990

Nomenclature (4)

† Zessinia pulcherrima Martins-Neto, 1990 (fossil)
Holotype; fossil; DEES GP/1T-1666; deposited at: Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba (DEES); Brazil: Tatajuba farm
† Zessinia pulcherrima Martins-Neto, 1990 in Martins-Neto, 2003: 216.

† Zessinia pulcherrima Martins-Neto, 1990 in Gorochov, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2006: 658.
† Zessinia pulcherrima Martins-Neto, 1990 in Schall, Lima, Heads, Pinheiro, Kotthoff & Husemann, 2025: 487, 504.

Gorochov, A.V., Jarzembowski, E.A. & Coram, R.A. (2006) Grasshoppers and crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England. Cretaceous Research, 27, 641–662. Available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667106000395
Martins-Neto, R.G. (1990) The family Locustopsidae (Insects, Caelifera) in the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Northeast Brazil. I. Description of two new species of the genus Locustopsis Handlirsch and three new species of the genus Zessinia n. gen. In Atas do I Simposio sobre a Bacia do Araripe e bacias interiores do Nordeste. DNPM, Crato. 227–291 pp.

Martins-Neto, R.G. (2003) Systematics of the Caelifera (Insecta, Orthopteroidea) from the Santana Formation, Araripe Basin (Lower Cretaceous, northeast Brazil), with a description of new genera and species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 46, 205–228. Available at http://ag.udel.edu/delpha/3022.pdf
Schall, O.-K.O., Lima, D., Heads, S.W., Pinheiro, A.P., Kotthoff, U. & Husemann, M. (2025) New species of Cretaceous Locustopsidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil and a taxonomic revision of the family. Zootaxa, 5722(4), 485–508. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.2

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: most or very beautiful.

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	0	1	0	1