according to Leng & Mutchler (1916), is “along paths through grassy fields”, and they provided a photo of the habitat where they collected it. They also stated that “It flies weakly and, while flying, the brilliant green head and thorax are so conspicuous as to suggest a small bee rather than a Cicindela.” In Willis’s (1968) key to Cicindela of North America North of Mexico, C. viridicollis will key to the group of three species that have the front trochanters with subapical setae and the middle trochanters without subapical setae (couplets 12 and 13). These species, C. lemniscata LeConte,C. wickhami
W. Horn, and C. viridisticta Bates, lack the brilliant green head and thorax and contrasting dull brownish-red elytra that characterize C. viridicollis. The general habitus of C. viridicollis is illustrated in Figure 1, and Choate (2003) provided
color photographs of the species as well. The following description of C. viridicollis is given as an aid for identification and is based on six Cuban specimens in addition to the one from Florida.