History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Inoviridae; Proposal: Ratification 1978; : ; ICTV Report: Inoviridae; Reference: PMID: 6130119

from the Ancient Greek ἰνός (inos), meaning a "fiber", referring to the virion morhology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa