Table 2. Means and standard deviations of physicochemical characteristics, along with occurrence of mosquito species in different larval habitats in Mazandaran Province, May-December 2014.
| Occurrence in villages | Temperature (°C) |
Acidity (pH) | Turbidity (NTU) |
Electrical conductivity (μS/cm) | Alkalinity (mg/l CaCO3) |
Nitrate (mg/l) | Total hardness (mg/l) | Chloride (mg/l) |
Phosphate (mg/l) |
Sulphate (mg/l) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An. claviger (1) | 18 | 7.35 | 21 | 496 | 204 | 0.840 | 192 | 85.97 | 0.558 | 14.18 |
| An. hyrcanus (7) | 17.29± 0.95 | 7.22±0.35 | 42.57±62.72 | 705.71±832.65 | 245.14±179.31 | 2±2.24 | 372.57±331.11 | 134.10±267.26 | 0.99±1.22 | 117.77±156.58 |
| An. maculipennis s.l. (14) | 17.29±1.13 | 7.24±0.33 | 32.64±46.27 | 613.21±614.68 | 222.29±140.30 | 1.96±2.49 | 502.00±614.68 | 94.04±187.77 | 0.67±0.94 | 102.93±130.81 |
| An. pseudopictus (10) | 17.30±1.05 | 7.25±0.34 | 33.30±53.41 | 712.20±766.61 | 244.90±167.73 | 1.87±1.87 | 336.80±288.27 | 144.15±251.81 | 0.86±1.05 | 101.23±135.34 |
| An. marteri(1) | 16.00±0 | 7.6±0 | 97.00±0 | 1109.00±0 | 500.00±0 | 5.23±0 | 716.00±0 | 102.96±0 | 3.20±0 | 446.18±0 |
| Cx. pipiens(30) | 16.33±2.35 | 7.13±0.42 | 34.97±65.15 | 850.10±994.24 | 239.63±149.66 | 2.10±2.92 | 450.80±466.48 | 353.82±942.00 | 0.54±0.82 | 101.87±96.92 |
| Cx. torrentium(26) | 16.50±2.12 | 7.12±0.45 | 38.23±69.42 | 69.42±1051.15 | 248.81±158.39 | 2.00±2.85 | 479.23±494.97 | 211.54±366.40 | 0.52±0.76 | 102.62±101.02 |
| Cx. tritaeniorhynchus(28) | 16.25±2.41 | 7.14±0.44 | 36.96±67.06 | 885.43±1020.51 | 244.46±152.06 | 1.87±2.53 | 465.57±478.88 | 478.88±971.88 | 0.47±0.78 | 105.71±99.27 |
| Cx. territans(6) | 14.67±2.94 | 6.97±0.50 | 81.17±126.42 | 614.00±446.94 | 265.33±144.43 | 2.33±2.99 | 440±332.19 | 58.14±36.91 | 0.85±1.24 | 188.84±156.99 |
| Cx. mimeticus(7) | 16.57±0.97 | 6.88±0.40 | 29.71±33.97 | 1430.86±1395.97 | 336±227.69 | 3.26±2.97 | 588±386.43 | 332.03±517.66 | 1.15±1.21 | 155.50±142.36 |
| Cx. perexiguus(8) | 16.88±1.35 | 7.11±0.17 | 19±12.87 | 748.88±1139.53 | 239.50±216.74 | 2.38±2.75 | 612.50±812.35 | 826.24±1751.24 | 0.43±0.79 | 122.64±102.50 |
| Cx. hortensis (2) | 17 | 7.00±0.78 | 12.50±0.70 | 1169.50±590.43 | 368.50±96.87 | 1.37±0.27 | 440±39.59 | 279.41±273.56 | 0.58±0.10 | 146.13±4.94 |
| Cs. annulata (15) | 16.27±2.40 | 7.17±0.37 | 16.20±14.42 | 899.80±1116.41 | 253.67±174.98 | 1.24±1.45 | 537.60±607.43 | 572.28±1297.94 | 0.57±0.84 | 77.36±79.12 |
| Cs. longiareolata (20) | 16.05±2.06 | 7.13±0.46 | 35.95±73.21 | 761.55±824.98 | 231.25±128.02 | 2.02±2.95 | 474.40±514.07 | 388.47±1105.26 | 0.63±0.93 | 113.16±108.03 |
| Cs. morsitans (1) | 10 | 7.44 | 21 | 419 | 168 | 0.30 | 300 | 45.98 | 0 | 164.54 |