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Since "The Orville" is essentially an homage to Star Trek, over on the main page the Expy trope is getting hit hard and heavy. Many of the parallels between the Orville crew and their Star Trek counterparts are credible. But of late, examples are popping up about how entire races in The Orville are expies to races in Star Trek (ie Krill are Klingons/Romulans, Alara's race kinda resembles the Bajorans, Darulio's sexually open race is reminiscent of the Deltans, etc).
I don't think these are appropriate examples of the Expy which, to my understanding, focuses on a specific character not an entire race.
I'm looking for confirmation of my understanding on the Expy and if there is a more appropriate trope for collecting the similarities of races between two works.