Makora calypso is a species of Desidae that is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. & Wilton, C. L. (1973). The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1-309.
Taxonomy This species was described as Ixeuticus calypso by Brian John Marples from female and male specimens.Marples, R. R. (1959). The dictynid spiders of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 87: 333-361. It was revised in 1973. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
Description The female is recorded at 4.80mm in length whereas the male is 4.66mm. The cephalothorax and legs are coloured reddish brown. The abdomen is grey.
Distribution This species is only known from Otago, New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
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