History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Kolmioviridae Proposal: 2020.012D.R.Ribozyviria.zip  ICTV Report: Kolmioviridae Reference:  

from the Finnish kolmio, meaning "triangle", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Greek letter Δ δέλτα (délta), referring to the genus Deltavirus, a taxon in the family that was named after delta-antigen; the suffix -viridae for family taxa