History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Hareavirales Proposal: 2023.024M.Bunyaviricetes.zip  ICTV Report:  Reference:  

from the Basque harea meaning “sand”, referring to arenavirids (arena being Spanish for sand) and sandfly-borne phenuivirids, viruses in the order; the suffix ‑virales for order taxa