Otostigmus politus is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family.

It is found in Australia and Melanesia, and was first described in 1881 by German arachnologist Ferdinand Karsch.

[1] The species occurs in northern and eastern coastal Queensland as well as in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

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

[2] This myriapoda-related article is a stub.