''Dianajonesia'' is a genus of
goose barnacles in the family
Poecilasmatidae. The taxon is a
replacement name
In biological nomenclature, a ''nomen novum'' (Latin for "new name"), new replacement name (or replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name) is a scientific name that is created specifically to replace another scientific name, but only w ...
for the previously used ''
Temnaspis
''Temnaspis'' is a genus of beetles in the family Megalopodidae
The Megalopodidae are a small family of leaf beetles, previously included as a subfamily within the Chrysomelidae. One of its constituent subfamilies, Zeugophorinae, has also f ...
'', which by precedence is now accorded to a genus of megalopodid beetles.
[ The type species of the genus is ''D. fissum'', originally described by ]Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...
as ''Poecilasma fissa''. The genus contains the following species:
References
Barnacles
{{Maxillopoda-stub