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In this article, an updated checklist of spider diversity in the Gujarat state of India is presented. A total of 533 species of spiders described under 190 genera belonging to 41 families are enlisted that have been recorded/described from only 25 out of 33 districts of Gujarat, India. A total of 178 species belonging to 43 families recorded from different districts of Gujarat were identified only up to the generic level. The maximum number of species of spiders were recorded from Mehsana district (215 species, 107 genera) followed by Bhavnagar (206 species, 112 genera), Sabarkantha (192 species, 100 genera), Navsari (167 species, 89 genera), Panchmahal (165 species, 99 genera), Dang (162 species, 87 genera), Banskantha (127 species, 81 genera), Junagadh (121 species, 44 genera), Anand (118 species, 74 genera), Vadodara (118 species, 51 genera) and Surendranagar (108 species, 56 genera) and less number of species in other districts. Also, 31 species in 27 genera and 17 families recorded in 13 districts of Gujarat seem to be misidentified. Among the families, Araneidae is the most abundant family which comprises 79 species belonging to 24 genera and is distributed in 23 districts out of 33 districts in Gujarat followed by Lycosidae (68 species, 10 genera, 20 districts), Salticidae (64 species, 36 genera, 20 districts), Gnaphosidae (51 species, 14 genera, 17 districts), Thomisidae (41 species, 16 genera, 18 districts) and Theridiidae (35 species, 16 genera, 21 districts). So far, no faunal surveys of spiders have been conducted in 8 districts of Gujarat. Most of the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, forest areas, agricultural fields, orchards, human dwellings etc. within the state still await intensive and extensive surveys to record the spider fauna. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]