Aliboron

Aliboron
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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. "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. "Aliboron". Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-26.