Genus Foliabitus gen. nov.

Type species: Foliabitus longzhou Zhang & Maddison, sp. nov.

Etymology. The generic name is a combination of the Latin folia (leaf) and habito (dweller), referring to its habitat; masculine in gender.

Diagnosis. Medium sized spiders. Chelicera with two promarginal teeth and one retromarginal tooth (Figs 23, 25). Abdomen with light colored stripes on dorsum (Figs 19–20). Embolus of male palp long and coiled for less a circle; proximal tegular lobe relatively small; retrolateral tibial apophysis finger-like (Figs 21–22). Epigynal window present, with a median septum (Fig. 26). Vulva with only one pair of spermathecae (Fig. 27). Similar in body form to Donoessus and Colyttus, but differs from them in the presence of light colored stripes on the abdomen (Figs 19–20); the longer and more coiled embolus, the smaller embolic disc, the indistinct proximal tegular lobe of the male palp (Figs 21–22); the presence of grooves within the epigynal window (Fig. 26).

Remarks. Foliabitus scutigerus (Żabka, 1985) is transferred to this genus from Laufeia because of its similar male palp structures to the type species: embolus slender and coiled for less a circle, proximal tegular lobe indistinct and retrolateral tibial apophysis finger-like (NEW COMBINATION).