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