Podabrus alpinus is a species of soldier beetles native to Europe.

Typically, the pronotum has a black stripe running lengthwise with orange or pale yellow sides.

It has also been found that some specimens of P. alpinus have no black marking on the pronotum.

[4][5] P. alpinus can be found throughout Europe—excluding the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkans—and are most common in the Alps.

[6] P. alpinus was first described in 1798 by Swedish entomologist Gustaf von Paykull in his species publication Monographia Staphylinorum Sueciae.