History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Portogloboviridae Proposal: 2017.002B.A.v2.Portogloboviridae.zip  ICTV Report: Portogloboviridae Reference:  

from the Latin portare, meaning ‘to carry’ and globus, meaning ‘a ball’, referring to the round shape of the nucleoprotein virion core of viruses in the family; the suffix ‑viridae for family taxa