Nodocapitus formosus

{{Short description|Species of Peripatopsid velvet worm}}

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| genus = Nodocapitus

| species = formosus

| authority = Reid, 1996

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Nodocapitus formosus is a species of velvet worm 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}} The type locality of this species is Mount Elliot, Queensland, Australia.{{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}} This species has 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 }} The males are distinguished by enlarged papillae on the head, between the antennae.