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At first I thought this was easily a longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae), maybe even Jothocera tomentosa...but upon closer inspection (2nd photo) it looks like a weevil ... a longhorn weevil!? Now I don't know exactly what I have! Well the creature flew away as I tried to get more light on the subject :-(
Spotted on the underside of an Areca catechu palm leaf in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a disturbed patch of remnant forest in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
A male (long antennae).
id based on general similarity with an already identified species:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonywg/...
Maybe, it is M. nigropicta (single species listed for New Guinea). Have read original description, does not really fit. There is, however, a subspecies dissimilis (sic!), of which I did not find out how is its pattern.
Totally weevil-longhorn ;) it looks more like a weevil to me cause is hairy and by the shape of its head and body, good luck with identification!