Insectoid

Insectoid refers to any individual, race or species of creature that possess physical characteristics common to that of an insect. These may include a chitinous carapace, compound eyes, antennae, a jointed thorax, jointed legs, a mandible, etc. There are several alien races found in science fiction which are regarded as insectoid such as the Than-Thre-Kull from Andromeda, the Sleestaks from Land of the Lost, the Ovions from the original Battlestar Galactica and the Xindi from Star Trek: Enterprise.