Table 3.
The larval habitat characteristics and occurrence percentages of different mosquito larvae in the West of Iran, May–July 2012
| Larval breeding site: characteristics and habitats | An. maculipennis s.l. (%) | An. superpictus (%) | An. turkhudi (%) | Ae. vexans (%) | Cx hortensis (%) | Cx. mimeticus (%) | Cx. pipiens (%) | Cx. theileri (%) | Cs. longiareolata (%) | Cs. subochrea (%) | Oc. caspius s.l. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A) Habitat type | |||||||||||
| Permanent | 40.5 | 89.6 | 76.4 | 99.4 | 54.6 | 99 | 74.5 | 58.6 | 99 | 100 | 100 |
| Transient | 59.5 | 10.4 | 23.6 | 0.6 | 45.4 | 1 | 25.5 | 41.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B) Water conditions | |||||||||||
| Stagnant water | 95.5 | 95.7 | 95.2 | 0.6 | 99.8 | 40.5 | 63.4 | 92.6 | 98 | 95.6 | 99 |
| Slow-running water | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 99.4 | 0.2 | 59.5 | 36.6 | 7.4 | 2 | 4.4 | 1 |
| C) Water situation | |||||||||||
| Clear | 99.5 | 84.2 | 81.7 | 0.8 | 95.5 | 98 | 98 | 95.5 | 97 | 87.6 | 98 |
| Turbid | 0.5 | 15.8 | 18.3 | 99.2 | 4.5 | 2 | 2 | 4.5 | 3 | 12.4 | 2 |
| D) Vegetation situation | |||||||||||
| With vegetation | 39.4 | 44.8 | 39.6 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 81.5 | 67.2 | 43.6 | 100 | 99 | 100 |
| Without vegetation | 51.6 | 56.2 | 59.4 | 99.1 | 96.7 | 18.5 | 22.8 | 56.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E) Sunlight exposure | |||||||||||
| Full sunlight | 6.4 | 6.3 | 3.9 | 94.5 | 69 | 65.5 | 64.6 | 8.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Partial sunlight | 93.6 | 93.7 | 96.1 | 5.5 | 31 | 34.5 | 33.4 | 81.4 | 99 | 99 | 100 |
| F) Habitat Type | |||||||||||
| Natural | 82.4 | 99 | 65 | 89 | 71.3 | 98 | 73 | 60.5 | 89 | 99 | 100 |
| Artificial | 17.6 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 28.7 | 2 | 27 | 39.5 | 11 | 1 | 0 |