Aliboron

Genus of beetles

Aliboron

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Suborder:  | Polyphaga
Infraorder:  | Cucujiformia
Family:  | Cerambycidae
Tribe:  | Agapanthiini
Genus:  | 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

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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

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1. ^ a b "Aliboron (J. Thomson, 1864)". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
2. ^ René Droin (1993). "aliboron". Le livre des jolis mots (PDF) (in French). Paris: Belfond. p. 24\. ISBN 2-7144-2986-6. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
3. ^ a b "Aliboron". Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-26.

Taxon identifiers

Aliboron|

* Wikidata: Q14846630
* Wikispecies: Aliboron
* BioLib: 253775
* CoL: RW6
* EoL: 12046
* GBIF: 1097882
* IRMNG: 1029095
* Open Tree of Life: 3397555

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