History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Alphatetraviridae Proposal: 2010.001a-qI.A.v4.Tetraviridae.zip ICTV Report: Alphatetraviridae Reference:
from the Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), the first letter of the Greek alphabet and τετρα (tetra), the Greek cardinal 4, referring to the relationship to viruses of the Alpha-like supergroup in the replicase region and the T=4 capsid architecture that define the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa