Lithobius obscurus is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family.

It was first described in 1872 by Danish arachnologist Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert.

[1] [2] The species has a cosmopolitan distribution.

[3] The type locality is Carratraca, in Malaga, Spain.

[2] The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.