History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Alphasatellitidae; Proposal: 2017.004P.A.v4.Alphasatellitidae; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:
from the Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and the Latin satellit, meaning "attendent", for families that are dependent upon a helper virus to spread. The suffix -satelittidae is used for satelitte family taxa