Citation

Citation: Aliusviridae

Citation: Aliusviridae

 

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, J. H., Dheilly, N. M., Junglen, S., Paraskevopoulou, S., Shi, M., & Di Paola, N. (2023): ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Jingchuvirales 2023, Journal of General Virology 104, 001924

Genus

Genus: Ollusvirus

Family: Aliusviridae

Genus: Ollusvirus

 

Distinguishing features

Ollusviruses are currently distinguished from viruses of the second genus in the family based on the basis that their L protein sequences are < 31% identical.

Biology

Classified ollusviruses have been associated with coleopteran, dipteran, hemipteran, hymenopteran, and siphonapteran insects as follows: