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. Distribution The species occurs in northern and eastern coastal Queensland as well as in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Behaviour The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. References politus Centipedes of Australia Fauna of Queensland Arthropods of New Guinea Fauna of the Solomon Islands Animals described in 1881 Taxa named by Ferdinand Karsch