Nodocapitus

{{Short description|Genus of Peripatopsid velvet worms}}

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Nodocapitus is a genus of velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae.{{cite web|author=Oliveira, I.|author2=Hering, L.|author3=Mayer, G.|name-list-style=amp|title=Updated Onychophora checklist|url=http://www.onychophora.com/list.htm|website=Onychophora Website|access-date=24 November 2016}} All species in this genus have 15 pairs of legs in both sexes.{{Cite journal |last=Reid |first=A. L. |date=1996 |title=Review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia, with comments on peripatopsid relationships |url=https://www.publish.csiro.au/is/it9960663 |journal=Invertebrate Systematics |language=en |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=663–936 |doi=10.1071/it9960663 |issn=1447-2600|url-access=subscription }} N. formosus is found in Queensland, Australia, N. inornatus is found in New South Wales, and N. barryi is found in both of these states.{{cite web|title=Australian Faunal Directory|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ONYCHOPHORA/checklist|website=Australian Government Department of the Environment|access-date=29 June 2016}} In each species, the males are distinguished by enlarged papillae on the head, between the antennae.