Yingvirus is a genus of negative-strand RNA viruses which infect invertebrates.

[2] The name Yingvirus derives from 嬴 (yíng), the ancestral name of Duke Mù of Qín during the Spring and Autumn period, along with -virus the suffix for a virus genus.

[3] Qinviridae gets its name from 秦 (Qín), meaning Qín State, added to -viridae the suffix for a virus family.

[3] Chunqiuviricetes is from 春秋时代 (Chūnqiū Shídài), or Spring and Autumn period, attached to -viricetes the suffix for a virus class.

[3] Yingviruses have linear, negative-sense, bisegmented RNA genomes.