Cyrus Richard Crosby (1879–1937) was an entomologist and arachnologist who taught at

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

. Along with

Sherman C. Bishop Sherman Chauncey Bishop (November 18, 1887 – May 28, 1951) was an American arachnologist and herpetologist who was a professor of zoology at the University of Rochester from 1928 to 1951. His ''Handbook of Salamanders'' (1943) was the first ser ...

he gave the scientific name to the

Spruce-fir moss spider The spruce-fir moss spider (''Microhexura montivaga'') is an endangered species of spider found at high elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains. First identified in 1923, it inhabits moss that grows on rocks underneath the forest canopy. ...

. '' Crosbycus'', a genus of harvestmen in the family Ceratolasmatidae is also named for him.

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1879 births 1937 deaths Arachnologists American entomologists American arachnologists Cornell University faculty {{US-entomologist-stub