The family Spiciviridae , belonging to the order Ghabrivirales , is currently composed of only one officially recognized genus, Spicivirus . However, metagenomic studies have revealed an increasing diversity of related viruses, suggesting that the current classification may underestimate their evolutionary complexity. In this context, the aim of the present study was to detect and characterize new viruses related to the Spiciv...

Metatranscriptomic analysis of Wyeomyia confusa mosquitoes collected in the Atlantic Forest (Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brazil) led to the identification of a previously uncharacterized virus, designated Wyeomyia confusa Lispivirus (WcLispV-SP), classified within the family Lispiviridae , genus Canmovirus . The viral genome consists of a negative-sense single-stranded RNA (ssRNA−) of 12,698 nucleotides, encoding six open read...