Pilocepheus
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Oribatida
Family:	Compactozetidae
Genus:	Pilocepheus Pérez-Íñigo, 1992
Species:	P. azoricus
Binomial name
Pilocepheus azoricus Pérez-Íñigo, 1992

Pilocepheus is a monotypic genus of oribatid mites in the family Compactozetidae. It contains only one species, Pilocepheus azoricus, and is endemic to the eastern half of the Azores archipelago.^[2]