leptotrombicula

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leptotrombicula (noun; Greek leptos, thin; Italian tromba, trumpet): (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) The slender larva of the thrombiculid mite that transmits Tsutsugamushi disease, also known as Japanese flood fever or scrub typhus.