| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Diaperinae |
| Genus: | Platydema |
| Species: | Platydema merkli Schawaller, 2004 |
| Type specimen: | Holotype |
| Photographed specimen: | Sex = male. |
| Remarks: Distribution: N Sumatra | |
| Identified by: | Wolfgang Schawaller , 2004 |
| Collected by: J. Klapperich 19.-22.VII.1983 | |
| Locality: Sumatra, Prov. Aceh-Selatan, Babahrot, 100m |
| Subregion: Sumatra |
| Specimen deposited in HNHM |
| Agricultural role: No data yet |
| Management: No data yet |