Trombiculidae /Trom·bic·u·li·dae/ (-de) a family of mites cosmopolitan in distribution, whose parasitic larvae (chiggers) infest vertebrates.
Trombiculidae
Trom·bic·u·li·dae (tr m-b k y -l  d )n. A family of mites whose larvae are parasitic to vertebrates and whose nymphs and adults are bright red and live on insect eggs or on microorganisms in the soil. |
Trombiculidae
[trom′bikyo̅o̅′lidē]
a family of mites, including harvest mites, red bugs, and chiggers. The larvae are parasitic and the adults are free-living. The mites are disease vectors of typhus, rickettsiae, scrub itch, tsutsugamushi disease, and other infections.
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