A new species of pipunculidae (Diptera) from Indo-Nepal Border of Champaran District, Bihar

The paper describes and illustrates a new pipunculid (big headed fly) species Pipunculus (Cephalops) pokharensis, sp. nov. The specimens were collected from localities in the Indo-Nepal border of Champaran district which has humid, mountainous, low tropical vegetation. The new species resembles Pipunculus (Cephalops) deminitens Hardy but can be differentiated in its smaller body, propleural fan with 4–5 bristles, 1^st abdominal segment with 3 stout black bristles on both sides, and piercer of ovipositor reaching up to 4^th abdominal segment.