Family: Rhabdoviridae

Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae

Distinguishing features

The viruses assigned to the subfamily form a monophyletic clade in well-supported Maximum Likelihood or Maximum Clade Credibility trees using full-length L sequences. The subfamily includes 33 genera for viruses infecting only vertebrates, only invertebrates or vertebrate hosts and arthropod vectors. Various members may infect birds, reptiles, amphibians, non-dipteran insects, ticks, crustaceans or nematodes.

Subfamily: Betarhabdovirinae

Genus: Alphanucleorhabdovirus

Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae

Genus: Barhavirus

Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae

Genus: Arurhavirus

Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae

Genus: Zarhavirus

Distinguishing features

Viruses assigned to the genus Zarhavirus form a distinct monophyletic group based on well-supported Maximum Likelihood or Maximum Clade Credibility trees inferred from complete L sequences. Zahedan rhabdovirus (ZARV; species Zarhavirus zahedan) was isolated from hard ticks.

Virion

Morphology

Virion morphology is unknown.

Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae

Genus: Sunrhavirus

Distinguishing features

Viruses assigned to the genus Sunrhavirus form a distinct monophyletic group based on well-supported Maximum Likelihood or Maximum Clade Credibility trees inferred from complete L sequences. Viruses assigned to the genus have been isolated from culicine mosquitoes, biting midges or birds in Central Africa, Egypt, North America or Australia.

Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae

Genus: Sawgrhavirus

Distinguishing features

Viruses assigned to the genus Sawgrhavirus form a distinct monophyletic group based on well-supported Maximum Likelihood or Maximum Clade Credibility trees inferred from complete L sequences. Viruses assigned to the genus have been isolated from hard ticks taken from small mammals and marsupials. They are most closely related to rhabdoviruses in the genus Mousrhavirus, the sole member of which was isolated from mosquitoes.

Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae

Genus: Ohlsrhavirus

Distinguishing features

Viruses assigned to the genus Ohlsrhavirus form a distinct monophyletic group based on well-supported Maximum Likelihood or Maximum Clade Credibility trees inferred from complete L sequences. Viruses assigned to the genus have been discovered in culicine mosquitoes (primarily Ochlerotatus spp. or Culex spp.) collected from Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa or the Americas.

Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae

Genus: Mousrhavirus

Distinguishing features

Viruses assigned to the genus Mousarhavirus form a distinct monophyletic group based on well-supported Maximum Likelihood or Maximum Clade Credibility trees inferred from complete L sequences. Moussa virus (MOUV; species Mousrhavirus moussa), the only virus assigned to the genus, was isolated from hard ticks.

Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae

Genus: Lostrhavirus

Distinguishing features

Viruses assigned to the genus Lostrhavirus form a distinct monophyletic group based on well-supported Maximum Likelihood or Maximum Clade Credibility trees inferred from complete L sequences. Lostrhaviruses have been detected in hard ticks (Ixodidae). Lone star tick rhabdovirus (LSTRV; species Lostrhavirus lonestar) was detected in a tick collected from a patient with a rash illness.