Chitha

Chitha, nicknamed psyolisks by the terrans, was a zerg strain. They were created by Abathur many years after the End War.

History
Before she ascended to become a xel'naga, Sarah Kerrigan informed Overqueen Zagara of a peaceful species that could host the genetic essence of a xel'naga. Zagara tracked down these species and had Abathur modify some of them with xel'naga essence recovered from Ulnar, creating the adostra. The adostra were intended by Zagara to use their psionic abilities to seed life across the galaxy. Abathur quietly opposed this idea, wishing for the Swarm's wars to continue to further spur their evolution. To this end he secretly created the chitha as well as the adostra. To aid in commanding them he also modified the broodmother Mukav.

When Valerian Mengsk and Hierarch Artanis came to Gystt to see what the adostra had done to the planet, Abathur positioned numerous chitha in the hives where the adostra were kept in sleep. The adostra attacked the terrans and protoss the two commanders sent to observe the hives, while also baiting them into destroying the adostra. Abathur's wish was not only to re-ignite tensions between the races, but to destroy the adostra that he saw as abominations.

When Valerian deduced Abathur's gambit as the situation unfolded on the surface, he realized Abathur and Mukav were commanding the chitha from a leviathan, and set a trap for him by arranging for Zagara and a force of terran and zerg warriors to board the same leviathan. Abathur was exposed and he attacked the group using the chitha. The chitha were all killed in the ensuing battle.

Abilities
The chitha were based on the hydralisk's genetic template, but were much smaller, slightly smaller than zerglings. Unique among the zerg breeds, they were psionic due to their xel'naga essence. Their psionic abilities let them stun terrans and protoss with mental attacks, and also let them control lesser zerg breeds to an extent. Enough chitha concentrating their powers together could disrupt communication signals, interfere with protoss warp prism signatures, and overwhelm a protoss warrior to the point of near total incapacitation.

So as to keep their existence secret from Zagara, Abathur did not create them with a connection to the zerg hive mind. Instead he relied on vocalized commands to order them.

Though the chitha were based on the hydralisk, their forsook the hydralisk's spinal attacks, instead relying on stunning enemies with their psionic abilities to allow them to get close and use their bladed arms to attack.