Trombicula — Larval harvest mite from North America Scientific classification Kingdom: Animal … Wikipedia
Trombicula — noun type genus of the family Trombiculidae • Syn: ↑genus Trombicula • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Trombiculidae, ↑family Trombiculidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Trombicula — The chigger mite, a genus of mites (family Trombiculidae) whose larvae (chiggers, red bugs) include pests of humans and other animals, and vectors of rickettsial diseases. T. akamushi SYN: Leptotrombidium akamushi. T. alfreddugesi a mite species… … Medical dictionary
Trombicula — n. a genus of widely distributed mites – the harvest mites. The six legged parasitic larvae (chiggers) are common in fields during the autumn and frequently attack humans, remaining attached to the skin for several days while feeding on the lymph … The new mediacal dictionary
arthropod genus — noun a genus of arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangium, ↑genus Phalangium, ↑Chelifer, ↑genus Chelifer, ↑Mastigoproctus, ↑genus Mastigoproctus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Harvest mite — Taxobox name = Harvest Mite image width = 240px image caption = Larval harvest mite from North America regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Chelicerata classis = Arachnida subclassis = Acari superordo = Acariformes ordo =… … Wikipedia
Trombiculidae — noun mites • Syn: ↑family Trombiculidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Acarina, ↑order Acarina • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Leptotrombidium — An important genus of trombiculid mites, formerly considered a subgenus of the genus Trombicula, which includes all of the vectors of scrub typhus (tsutsugamushi disease). Members of L. that serve as vectors of scrub typhus are within the L.… … Medical dictionary
Scrub typhus — A mite borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with fever, headache, a raised (macular) rash, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and a dark crusted ulcer (called an eschar or tache noire) at… … Medical dictionary
family Trombiculidae — noun mites • Syn: ↑Trombiculidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Acarina, ↑order Acarina • Member Meronyms: ↑trombicul … Useful english dictionary