History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Alphatetraviridae; Proposal: 2010.001a-qI.A.v4.Tetraviridae; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:
from the Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), the first letter of the Greek alpahabet and τετρα (tetra), the Greek cardinal 4, referring to the relationship of viruses in the family to viruses of the Alpha-like supergroup in the replicase region and the T=4 capsid architecture that together define the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa