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Table 14 Larval site characteristics of the European and Middle Eastern DVS.

From: The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in Africa, Europe and the Middle East: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis

Species

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. atroparvus

1

       

2

 

An. labranchiae

   

1

      

An. messeae

    

1

 

1

1

1

1

An. sacharovi

1

 

3

3

  

2

2

1

 

An. sergentii

1

3

2

6

3

1

4

4

6

 

An. superpictus

4

 

1

1

4

 

2

3

3

1

  1. No TAG summary was available for these species. Numbers indicate the number of studies that found larvae under each listed circumstance.