Table 3. Ecological characteristics of anopheline larval habitats and percentage of in Aligudarz County, Iran.
| Characteristics of larval habitats | ASU (form A) | ASU (form B) | AM complex | AT | AD | AC | AM | AS | AA | |
| Type of water | 1. Permanent | 67.8 | 50.0 | 51.6 | 68.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 80.0 | 43.7 | 75.0 |
| 2. Temporary | 32.2 | 50.0 | 48.4 | 32.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 20.0 | 56.3 | 25.0 | |
| Stream of water | 1. Current | 37.4 | 25.0 | 29.0 | 34.0 | 58.3 | 37.5 | 33.3 | 43.7 | 75.0 |
| 2. Stagnant | 62.6 | 75.0 | 71.0 | 66.0 | 41.7 | 62.5 | 66.7 | 56.3 | 25.0 | |
| Status of plant | 1. Out of water | 36.5 | 50.0 | 61.3 | 27.7 | 25.0 | 37.5 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 25.0 |
| 2. The water level | 12.2 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 14.9 | 16.7 | - | 26.7 | 12.5 | 25.0 | |
| 3. Under water | 4.4 | - | - | 8.5 | - | - | 20.0 | 25.0 | - | |
| 4. Without plants | 46.9 | 46.0 | 32.3 | 48.9 | 58.3 | 62.5 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | |
| Sunlight status | 1. Sunny | 88.7 | 87.5 | 93.5 | 95.7 | 91.7 | 87.5 | 93.3 | 87.5 | 100.0 |
| 2. Shadow | 0.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Semi-Shade | 6.9 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 8.3 | 12.5 | - | 6.2 | - | |
| 4. Shadow-Sun | 3.5 | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | 6.7 | 6.3 | - | |
| 1. Muddy | 40.8 | 50.0 | 54.8 | 36.2 | 41.7 | 37.5 | 33.3 | 43.7 | 75.0 | |
| Bottom of nest | 2. Sandy | 55.7 | 44.8 | 45.2 | 63.8 | 58.3 | 62.5 | 66.7 | 56.3 | 25.0 |
| 3. Concrete | 3.5 | 5.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Status of water | 1. Turbid | 5.2 | 4.2 | 9.7 | 2.1 | - | - | 6.7 | 6.2 | - |
| 2. Clean | 94.8 | 95.8 | 90.3 | 97.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 93.3 | 93.8 | 100.0 | |
| The natural larval habitats | 1. Edge of river | 62.2 | 53.2 | 76.1 | 75.6 | 70.0 | 42.8 | 80.0 | 43.7 | 100.0 |
| 2. Pit of river bed | 6.1 | 6.7 | - | 7.3 | 10.0 | 14.3 | - | 12.5 | - | |
| 3. Spring | 4.1 | 6.7 | - | 2.4 | - | - | 13.3 | 12.5 | - | |
| 4. Wetland | 8.1 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | - | - | - | 18.8 | - | |
| 5. Grassland | 9.2 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 7.4 | 10.0 | - | - | 12.5 | - | |
| 6. Pit of rain water | 3.1 | 6.7 | - | - | - | 14.3 | - | - | - | |
| 7. Edge of stream | 3.1 | 6.7 | - | - | 10.0 | 14.3 | - | - | - | |
| 8. Marsh | 3.1 | - | 4.8 | 2.4 | - | 14.3 | 6.7 | - | - | |
| 9. Footprint of animal | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Artificial larval habitat | 1. Plot of rice cultivation | 82.3 | 87.5 | 90.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Irrigation channel of farm | 5.9 | - | 10.0 | - | - | 100.0 | - | - | - | |
| 3. Side of curb | 11.8 | 12.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
ASU: An. superpictus, AM: An. maculipennis, AT: An. turkhodi, AD: An. d'thali, AC: An. claviger, AM: An. marterii, AS: An. stephensi, AA: An. apoci.