Table 2.
Families and Groups of Viruses Associated with Arthropods

                                                         Code number
                    Virus                             for viral disease
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                       DNA VIRUSES
Double-stranded DNA, enveloped
     POXVIRIDAE, Poxviruses
          ENTOMOPOXVIRINAE, Poxviruses of insects
               Three probable genera                             19
     BACULOVIRIDAE
          Baculovirus
                    Subgroup A, nuclear polyhedrosis virus       12
                    Subgroup B, granulosis virus                  9
                    Subgroup C, enveloped nonoccluded
                      rod-shaped nuclear virus                   11, 13
     POLYDNAVIRIDAE
          Polydnavirus
                    Subgroup A, polydnavirus with fusiform
                         nucleocapsids                           13
                    Subgroup B, polydnavirus with rod-shaped
                         nucleocapsids                           13
Double-stranded DNA, nonenveloped
     IRIDOVIRIDAE, icosahedral cytoplasmic deoxyriboviruses
          Iridovirus, small iridescent insect virus              10
          Chloriridovirus, large iridescent insect virus         10
Single-stranded DNA, nonenveloped
     PARVOVIRIDAE, parvoviruses
          Densovirus, densonucleosis virus                        6
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                       RNA VIRUSES
Double-stranded RNA, nonenveloped
     REOVIRIDAE, reoviruses
          Cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus                          5, 14
     BIRNAVIRIDAE, bisegmented dsRNA viruses
          Birnavirus, Drosophila X virus                         13
Single-stranded RNA, enveloped
     RHABDOVIRIDAE, bullet-shaped viruses
          Sigmavirus, CO2 sensitivity virus                       3
Single-stranded RNA, nonenveloped
     PICORNAVIRIDAE, picornaviruses
          Cricket paralysis virus                                13, 15
          Drosphila C virus                                      13
          Gonometa virus                                         13
          Infectious flacherie virus                              7
          Rhopalosiphum padi virus                               13
     CALICIVIRIDAE, caliciviruses
          Amyelosis chronic stunt virus                          13
     Nudaurelia ( virus group
          Nudaurelia ( virus                                     13
          Trichoplusia RNA virus                                 13
          Related viruses isolated from other Lepidoptera        13
     NODAVIRIDAE
          Nodavirus
               Nodamura virus                                    13
               Black beetle virus                                13
Unclassified small spherical RNA viruses
               Arkansas bee virus                                13
               Bee acute paralysis virus                          1
               Bee chronic paralysis virus associate              2, 13
               Bee slow paralysis virus                          15
               Bee virus X                                       13
               Bee virus Y                                       13
               Black queen cell virus                            13
               Cloudy wing virus                                 13
               Crystalline array virus                            4
               Drosophila A virus                                13
               Drosophila P virus                                13
               Kashmir bee virus                                 13
               Kelp fly virus                                    13
               Sacbrood virus                                    18
Unclassified small ovoid RNA viruses
               Bee chronic paralysis virus                        2, 21
               Drosophila RS virus                               13
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                       OTHER UNCLASSIFIED VIRUSES
Rod-shaped, enveloped
          Cricket macronucleosis virus                           13
          Hypera virus                                           14
Long flexuous rod, enveloped
          Bee filamentous virus                                  22

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