Pneumocoptes Baker, 1951

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Genus Pneumocoptes Baker, 1951

Baker 1951: 584; Doby 1963: 963; Doby et al. 1964: 202; Loos-Frank & Abel 1983: 539; Kouchakij & Loos-Frank 1984: 673.

Type species: Cytoleichus penrosei Weidman, 1917 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. With characteristics of family.

Species included: P. jellisoni , P. penrosei , P. tiollaisi , P. banksi (?).

Host range and distribution. Species of this genus parasitize the lungs of rodents in Europe and North America (see Table 6).