Komayto

The Komayto is an airborne enemy from Kid Icarus. They appear in the Skyworld area in the first Kid Icarus and in the Sky Tower in Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters. They are unmistakenly similar to the Metroids, and it is also implied that they are from another world.

Etymology
The word Komayto comes from the Japanese word Kometo, short for Kometoroido, which translates as Metroid Child.