Platylister andamanense Lewis, 1893: 419.
Distribution. Andaman Is.
Original descripton. "Oblongo-ovatus, depressus, niger, nitidus, minutissime punctulatus; fronte excavata; pronoto stria latera laterali valide impressa in medio sinuata; elytris striis 1a-3a integris, 4a dimidiata, 5a ultra medium abbreviata; propygidio pygidioque punctatis. L. 3. 2/3 mill.
Oblong-oval, depressed, black, shining, surface microscopically punctulate; the forehead and epistoma deeply excavated, stria complete and feebly sinuous in front; the thorax - lateral stria strong, like that of Platysoma confucii, Mars., but more sinuous in the middle, anteriorly that stria is feebly crenulate and obscurely interrupted behind the eye, and again more clearly but narrowly in the middle; the elytra - striae 1-3 complete, 4 apical, reaching the middle, 5 a little longer and for half its length it bends slightly away from the suture; the propygidium punctured throughout, punctures largest at the sides and of a smaller grande in the middle; the pygidium evenly punctate, punctures rather closely set, impressed on each side, with the posterior margin moderately raised; the prosternum - lobe punctured evenly with rather small points, with an arched lateral stria like that of Platysoma confucii, Mars., keel and the surface of the other sternal plates with very fine punctures, evenly but widely set, without a marginal stria; the mesosternum rather widely emarginate, stria complete and formed like that of P. confucii, Mars.; the anterior tibiae 4-dentate.
Hab. Andaman Islands (Raepestorf).