| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Diaperinae |
| Genus: | Platydema |
| Species: | Platydema lewisi Kaszab, 1980 |
| Type specimen: | Paratype |
| Photographed specimen: | Sex = male. |
| Remarks: Distribution: Sri Lanka, South India | |
| Collected by: G. Lewis 1910 | |
| Locality: Sri Lanka |
| Subregion: Sri Lanka |
| Specimen deposited in HNHM |
| Agricultural role: No data yet |
| Management: No data yet |