History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Phenuiviridae; Proposal: 2016.030a-vM.A.v6.Bunyavirales; : ; ICTV Report: Phenuiviridae; Reference:
from the genus Phlebovirus, referring to phlebotomine vectors of sandfly fever group viruses, derived from the Ancient Greek φλέψ (phléps), meaning “vein”, and the genus Tenuivirus, from the Latin tenuis, meaning “thin”, describing the virion morphology of viruses in the genus, both genera in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa