Diporodemus is a genus of land planarians found in the Americas.
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.
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 Diporodemus plenus Hyman, 1941 Diporodemus yucatani Hyman, 1938
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