Species List: Phasmaviridae

Virus names, the choice of exemplar isolates, and virus abbreviations, are not official ICTV designations
 Exemplar isolate of the species

Resources: Phasmaviridae

Figure 2 Phasmaviridae

Alignment (FASTA format)

Treefile (Newick format)

References: Phasmaviridae

An, X., Zhang, W., Ye, C., Smagghe, G., Wang, J. J. & Niu, J. (2022). Discovery of a widespread presence bunyavirus that may have symbiont-like relationships with different species of aphids. Insect Sci 29, 1120-1134. [PubMed]

Citation: Phasmaviridae

A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:

Kuhn & Hughes (2024): ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Phasmaviridae 2024, Journal of General Virology (2024) 105: 002002

Authors: Phasmaviridae

Jens H. Kuhn
Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 
National Institutes of Health 
Fort Detrick
Frederick 
Maryland 21702
USA
Email: kuhnjens@mail.nih.gov 

Family: Phasmaviridae

Genus: Wuhivirus

Distinguishing features

Wǔhàn insect virus 2 (WhIV2) is the only classified wuhivirus. WhIV2 is associated with hemipteran insects (Li et al., 2015).

Virion

Virions are unknown.

Family: Phasmaviridae

Genus: Sawastrivirus

Distinguishing features

Sānxiá water strider virus 2 (SxWSV2) is the only classified sawastrivirus. SxWSV2 is associated with hemipteran insects (Li et al., 2015).

Virion

Virions are unknown.

Family: Phasmaviridae

Genus: Orthophasmavirus

Family: Phasmaviridae

Genus: Jonvirus

Distinguishing features

The only classified jonvirus is jonchet virus (JONV). JONV is associated with dipteran insects (Marklewitz et al., 2015).

Family: Phasmaviridae

Genus: Hymovirus

Distinguishing features

Hymenopteran phasma-related virus OKIAV252 (HyHV1) and hymenopteran phasma-related virus OKIAV250 (HyHV2) are the only classified hymoviruses. These viruses are associated with hymenopteran insects (Käfer et al., 2019).