Subfamily

Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae

Family: Rhabdoviridae

Subfamily: Alpharhabdovirinae

 

Distinguishing features

The viruses assigned to a genus form a monophyletic clade in well-supported Maximum Likelihood or Maximum Clade Credibility trees using full-length L sequences. The subfamily includes 32 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.

Genus

Genus: Zarhavirus

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.

Genus

Genus: Sunrhavirus

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.

Genus

Genus: Sawgrhavirus

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.

Genus

Genus: Ohlsrhavirus

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 (Ochlerotatus spp. or Culex spp.) collected from Europe, Asia, Australia or the Americas.

Genus

Genus: Mousrhavirus

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.