The genus Solenopsis has attained notoriety around the globe for its housing of the aptly-named fire ants; S. geminata (Fabricius) and S. invicta Buren in particular have made their presence painfully known far outside their native ranges in the New World. Lesser in both stature and renown, their congeners the thief ants, however, have either yet to exhibit the invasive potential of their larger relatives, or have achieved so while evading collection (due to their cryptic behaviour) or indeed subsequent identification (due to the difficulty of their taxonomy). The findings presented here support the latter hypothesis, with a member of the thief ants being recorded for the first time from mainland Eurasia. Solenopsis globularia (Smith) is among the larger of the thief ants, with a similarly broad distribution in the New World. It has also been recorded as an exotic species in Africa and on islands in the Atlantic and Pacific, including the Philippines, which until now has represented the only part of its range that extended into Eurasia. Here, documented for the first time, is the presence of S. globularia in India, which was previously known to harbor only two Solenopsis species, S. nitens Bingham and the invasive S. geminata, from which it can be easily distinguished by its greatly dilated, globose postpetiole. All specimens were collected opportunistically from an urban area, with simultaneous recording of associations with other taxa. The absence of detailed ecological observations of this species, even in its natural habitat, make it difficult to predict the consequences of its introduction into the Old World, and further research is needed to determine the level of threat posed to native taxa.