Aliboron
Genus of beetles
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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
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Tribe: | Agapanthiini |
| Genus: | Aliboron |
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").
