Diporodemus

Diporodemus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Order:	Tricladida
Family:	Geoplanidae
Subfamily:	Microplaninae
Genus:	Diporodemus Hyman, 1938
Type species
Diporodemus yucatani Hyman, 1938

Diporodemus is a genus of land planarians found in the Americas.[1]

Description

The genus Diporodemus is characterized by the copulatory apparatus having a large seminal bursa (or bursa copulatrix) connected to the vagina by a canal, called Beauchamp's canal. This bursa also opens to the exterior by a canal and a pore situated behind the common gonopore.[2]

Species

Currently, there are 5 species assigned to the genus Diporodemus:

• Diporodemus hymanae E. M. Froehlich & Froehlich, 1972
• Diporodemus indigenus Hyman, 1943
• Diporodemus merridithae Glasgow, 2013[3]
• Diporodemus plenus Hyman, 1941
• Diporodemus yucatani Hyman, 1938

References

1. Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1989). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Microplaninae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 27 (11): 53–111.
2. Ogren, Robert E.; Kawakatsu, Masaharu (1988). "Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae". The Bulletin of Fuji Women's College. Series 2. 26 (2): 39–91.
3. Glasgow, Benny C. (2013). "A New Species of Land Planarian, Diporodemus merridithae, and Cohabitant Specimens from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina, U.S.A". Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science. 129 (1): 1–8. doi:10.7572/2167-5880-129.1.1. ISSN 2167-5872.