Common European Thief Ant

Solenopsis fugax is a myrmicine ant of the genus Solenopsis.

It is the only member of its genus to be native to the British Isles, and although rare, it has been taken by Horace Donisthorpe in a number of localities on England's southern coast, including Sandown and Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, and also in the southwesterly region of Lyme Regis. It can be found throughout Europe and Central Asia some parts of South West Asia and the southern part of Western Siberia.