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Aliboron

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Aliboron
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Tribe: Agapanthiini
Genus: Aliboron

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

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:

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.