History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Polydnaviriformidae Proposal: 2021.006D.R.Polydnaviriformidae_1renfam_3rensp.zip  ICTV Report:  Reference:  

from the Ancient Greek πολύς (polús), meaning “many" and DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid, referring to  the multiple segments of dsDNA genomes of agents in the family;  the suffix -viriformidae is used for viriform family taxa