History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Rhabdoviridae Proposal: ICTV 1st Report.pdf ICTV Report: Rhabdoviridae Reference: PMID: 3550409
from the Ancient Greek ῥάβδος (rhabdos), meaning "rod", referring to the virion morphology of viruses in the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa