A case of disjunct montane linyphiid species (Araneae) in the Palaeotropics, with notes on synonymy and the description of a new species

The genus EnguterothrixDenis, 1962 contains two very closely related species on different continents: E. crinipesDenis, 1962, known from the mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and E. simpulum (Tanasevitch, 2014) comb. nov. (transferred from ApophygoneTanasevitch, 2014), which is widespread in the mountains of northern Thailand. Enguterothrix fuscipalpisDenis, 1962 is removed from the genus and preliminarily placed in MicrargusDahl, 1886. A new species, Oedothorax paralegrandi sp. nov., is described from the Indian Himalayas; it shows close relations to the Afrotropical O. legrandiJocqué, 1985 from the Comoros. The following new synonyms are proposed: ApophygoneTanasevitch, 2014 syn. nov. of EnguterothrixDenis, 1962; Enguterothrix tenuipalpisHolm, 1968 syn. nov. of Enguterothrix crinipesDenis, 1962; Nasoonaria circinataZhao & Li, 2014 syn. nov. of Nasoonaria magnaTanasevitch, 2014; Theoa bidentataZhao & Li, 2014 syn. nov. of Theoa elegansTanasevitch, 2014.