Endoptelus is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Oryidae.

This genus was described in 1939 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.

Its sole species is Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939.

[1][2] This species features unusual processes basal to the most posterior pairs of legs.

[3] The original description of this species reports yellow colouration throughout, a length of about 35 mm, and 79 pairs of legs.