Cylindera collicia is a species of tiger beetle endemic to southern India. About 8 to 9.5 mm long, it is found in forested habitats in the Western Ghats. It is attracted to lights at night.
Cylindera collicia has been called the channel-headed tiger beetle and was once treated as a subspecies of Cylindera viridilabris but it has a distinctive head sculpturing. It is also closely related to Cylindera severini which has a distribution range extending further northwards. The pronotum is coppery brown and the sides are metallic green. The elytra are dark coppery brown and there is an iridescent blue-green crescent at the shoulder and four whitish spots on each elytron. It is seen mainly in the summer prior to the monsoons.
This species name is derived from the latin word "collicia" which means gutters on a roof top referring to the numerous wrinkles on its head.