History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Hytrosaviridae; Proposal: 2009.001a-kI.A.v4.Hytrosaviridae; : ; ICTV Report: Hytrosaviridae; Reference:

from the Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), meaning, “excessive” and τροφή (trophḗ), meaning “nourishment", and sialoadenitis, meaning salivary gland inflammation referring to the salivary gland hypertrophy in  hosts infected by viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa