Table 3.
Larval site characteristics.
| Species | Source | Light intensity | Salinity | Turbidity | Movement | Vegetation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helio-philic | Helio-phobic | High (brackish) | Low (fresh) | Clear | Polluted | Still or stagnant | Flowing | Higher plants, algae etc. | No Veg | ||
| An. albimanus | Summary | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||
| An. albimanus | TAG | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | |||
| An. albitarsis | Summary | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| An. albitarsis | TAG | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ||||
| An. aquasalis | Summary | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| An. aquasalis | TAG | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| An. darlingi | Summary | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| An. darlingi | TAG | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| An. freeborni | Summary | ||||||||||
| An. freeborni | TAG | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||
| An. marajoara | Summary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| An. marajoara | TAG | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| An. nuneztovari | Summary | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| An. nuneztovari | TAG | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||
| An. pseudopunctipennis | Summary | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||
| An. pseudopunctipennis | TAG | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||
| An. quadrimaculatus | Summary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| An. quadrimaculatus | TAG | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||
TAG: Rubio-Palis & Manguin (unpub. obs., 2009, 2010), ● = typical, ○ = examples exist. Numbers indicate the number of studies that found larvae under each listed circumstance. Anopheles albitarsis refers to the An. albitarsis complex, which includes An. albitarsis, An. albitarsis sp. B, sp. E and An. deaneorum. Anopheles marajoara is listed separately.