genus

Hildegardia Günther, 1974

Hildegardia mauritiicola Günther, 1974 type species by original designation of Hildegardia Günther, 1974

Hildegardia Günther, 1974: 1000.
type species by original designation Hildegardia mauritiicola Günther, 1974
Hildegardia Günther, 1974 in Hugel, 2007

Hildegardia Günther, 1974 (classified as Hildegardiini Cadena-Castañeda, 2025) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 222, 263.

Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Quintana-Arias, R.F., Infante, I.C., Silva, D.S.M. & Tavares, G.C. (2025) Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa. Zootaxa, 5597(1), 1–265. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5597.1.1
Günther, K. (1974) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tetrigiodea (Orth. Caelifera) von Madagaskar und von Mauritius. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris (Zoologie 3e serie), 236 (Zool. 160), 937–1031. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/260408#page/3/mode/1up

Hugel, S. (2007) Un nouvel Hildegardia de la Réunion (Orthoptera, Caelifera, Tetrigoidea). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 112(4), 427–443. Available at http://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_2007_num_112_4_16461

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Dedicated to the author's wife of 35 years, Hildegard Günther (1908–1969).