Taxonomic proposals presented to the ICTV Executive Committee (EC) for their
consideration at their meeting in July 2017.
Please note: all taxon names must be considered
tentative until approved by the ICTV EC and ratified by the full ICTV membership
and names should be shown in quotes and non-italicized, e.g. the proposed
genus "Avisivirus" and the proposed species "Avisivirus A".
Rename 1 species (Melegrivirus
A to Megivirus A) and create 4 new species (Megrivirus B, Megrivirus C, Megrivirus D & Megrivirus E) in the
genus Megivirus
Create 1 new species (Shanbavirus
A) in new genus (Shanbavirus)
Please address comments on any of
the above proposals to
Roland
Zell
(chairman of the Picornaviridae Study Group) or to any of the
Study Group Members.