Aliboron

Aliboron is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:[1]

* Aliboron antennatum J. Thomson, 1864
* Aliboron bukidnoni Vives, 2005
* Aliboron granulatum Breuning, 1966
* Aliboron laosense Breuning, 1968
* Aliboron wongi Hüdepohl, 1987

## Etymology

The genus was named by James Thomson in 1864;[1] the type species is Aliboron antennatum.

The name Aliboron is that of the donkey in La Fontaine's fable "The thieves and the ass" (Les voleurs et l’âne, I.13); from La Fontaine the word aliboron entered French as a generic name for a donkey (compare Reynard). The name "Maistre Aliboron" for an ass has been suggested to originate from:

* black hellebore, used in medicines, thus perhaps for panaceas, and thus perhaps for (quack) doctors;[2][3]
* Al-Biruni (973–1048), a Persian philosopher;[3]
* the Latin phrase magister aliborum, "master of alibis."

In 1910, Roland Dorgelès tied a paintbrush to a donkey's tail and exhibited the resulting artwork at the Société des Artistes Indépendants under the name Boronali (an anagram of "Aliboron").

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Aliboron (J. Thomson, 1864)". https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id253775/.
2. ↑ René Droin (1993). "Le livre des jolis mots". Le livre des jolis mots. Paris: Belfond. p. 24. ISBN 2-7144-2986-6. https://excerpts.numilog.com/books/9782714429865.pdf. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Aliboron". https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/aliboron.

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