Contamination as the Cause of Erroneous Records of Brochosomes

Table 1

Distribution of the total number of brochosomes observed per individual among adults of two heteropteran species reared in captivity.

	No. of individuals in which the total number of observed brochosomes was
	0	1–10	11–20	>20
S. rotermundi (𝑛=20)	14	4	2	0
K. resedae (𝑛=15)	13	2	0	0