The first record of Tricholathys Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (Araneae, Dictynidae) from China, with a new combination and descriptions of seven new species.

The genus Tricholathys , found for the first time in China, is surveyed and seven new species, T.burangensis sp. nov. (♂♀, Thibet), T.chenzhenningi sp. nov. (♂♀, Qinghai), T.hebeiensis sp. nov. (♀, Hebei), T.lhunzeensis sp. nov. (♂♀, Tibet), Tricholathysrelictoides sp. nov. (♂♀, Xinjiang), T.serrata sp. nov. (♂♀, Tibet), and T.xizangensis sp. nov. (♂♀, Tibet), are described. A new combination is proposed for Tricholathysalxa (Tang, 2011) comb. nov. , ex. Argenna Thorell, 1870. Descriptions of all new species are provided, together with digital images, illustrations, and a distribution map. The DNA barcode information of four recently collected species is also provided.