| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Diaperinae |
| Genus: | Platydema |
| Species: | Platydema loebli Schawaller, 2004 |
| Type specimen: | Holotype |
| Photographed specimen: | Sex = male. |
| Remarks: Distribution: S, India | |
| Identified by: | Wolfgang Schawaller , 2004 |
| Collected by: C. Besuchet. I. Loebl. R. Mussard 25.XI.1972 | |
| Locality: S India, Kerala, Cardamon Hills, Valara Fall, 450-500m |
| Subregion: India |
| Specimen deposited in MHNG |
| Agricultural role: No data yet |
| Management: No data yet |