History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Rhabdoviridae; Proposal: ICTV 1st Report; : ; ICTV Report: Rhabdoviridae; Reference: PMID: 3550409
from the Greeek ῥάβδος (rhabdos), meaning "rod", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa