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Description:

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 :-(

Habitat:

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.

1 Species ID Suggestions

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago
Fungus weevil
Mecocerina sp.


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2 Comments

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago

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.

injica
injica 10 years ago

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!

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Papua, Indonesia

Spotted on Apr 22, 2013
Submitted on Apr 22, 2013

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