Chryssalid from UFO Defense, with UFOpedia entry
chryssalid
An alien race from XCOM, featured in both original (X-Com: UFO Defence) and rebooted franchises (Xcom: Enemy Unknown). Despite varying appearances for both universes, Chryssalids commonly depicted as a very fast and agile insect-like creatures, killing and poisoning their victims to turn them into zombies, while also laying an egg inside them, that would quickly hatch into a new Chryssalid
Chryssalids are usually deployed by the Ethereals during terror attacks to inflict as much havoc in human cities as possible
