History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Schitoviridae; Proposal: 2020.146B.R.Schitoviridae; : 2021.001B.R.abolish_Caudovirales; ICTV Report: ; Reference:
to honour the Italian microbiologist Gian Carlo Schito, who isolated Escherichia phage N4; the suffix -viridae for family taxa