Insectoid

Insectoid

General term originating from Earth. It was first used to classify the Xunx. The term describing a sentient life form with insect like characteristics.

While their are no known sentinent life forms that are true insects [1] with all the requirements to be called an insect, there are many life forms that share some similarities with this family of Earth life forms. There are 167 Union member species and 342 known species that are descrbed as Insectoids.[2]

Among them are as the Xunx, the Klack , Velox and others.

The term is technically and scientifically incorrect. Never the less it has been adopted by Xenobiologists.

[1] Insects are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body, three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antenna

[2] The Xunx are the closest sentient lif form to be true insects, and must utililize artificial endo skeletons to funcition under 1 gee or more of gravitation. The chitinous exo skeleton becomes to thick and heavy to alow an insect life form to grow large enougfh.