Key to species of Aragara from the world

1. Body slender, elongated; frontal triangle smooth without median groove.......................................... 2

- Body stout; frontal triangle smooth with median groove....................................................... 3

2. Antenna entirely yellow; proboscis yellow; cercus without serrate margin....................... A. flavaristata sp. nov.

- Antennal pedicel yellowish brown, first flagellomere yellow except for brownish distal portion and margins; proboscis brown; cercus with serrate margin............................................................ A. mizoramensis Cherian

3. Arista with short pubescence.............................................................................4

- Arista naked.......................................................................................... 6

4. Abdomen entirely black................................................................. A. femorata Cherian

- Abdomen black except for yellow tergites 1+2, tergite 2 with small black lateral spot................................ 5

5. Halter creamy white on knob, yellow on stem; abdominal tergites 3–5 black............................ A. minor Ismay

- Halter pale yellow on knob, brown on stem; abdominal tergite 3 yellow, laterally brown, basal 1/3 of tergite 4 yellow with 2 oblate brown spots, tergite 5 brown..................................................... A. menglaensis sp. nov.

6. Abdomen entirely black................................................................................ 7

-. Abdomen black except for yellow tergites 1+2, tergite 2 with small black lateral spot................................ 8

7. Thoracic pleuron glossy black with a wedge-shaped grey microtomentose stripe running from postpronotum to wing base; hal- ter pale yellow......................................................................... .. A. imitator Becker

- Thoracic pleuron cinereous; halter white..................................................... A. crassipes Walker

8. Antenna entirely black; mid and hind legs in male entirely and in some females partly yellow......... A. trilineata Cherian

- Antenna black except for yellow basoventral portion of first flagellomere; mid and hind legs black except for yellow tarsi and brown mid tarsomeres 4-5 and hind tarsomere 5............................... A. sinensis (Yang & Yang) comb. nov.