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Table 5 Small larval sites.

From: The dominant Anopheles vectors of human malaria in the Americas: occurrence data, distribution maps and bionomic précis

Species

Source

Small natural water collections

Small man-made water collections

Artificial sites

  

Small streams

Seepage springs

Pools

Wells

Dips in the ground

Other

Overflow water

Irrigation ditches

Borrow pits

Wheel ruts

Hoof prints

Puddles near rice fields

Other

Empty cans, shells etc.

An. albimanus

Summary

3

 

1

 

1

2

      

4

3

An. albimanus

TAG

 

    

   

An. albitarsis

Summary

  

1

         

3

1

An. albitarsis

TAG

 

 

   

     

An. aquasalis

Summary

  

2

  

1

      

1

1

An. aquasalis

TAG

 

   

   

  

An. darlingi

Summary

3

 

5

1

 

1

      

1

 

An. darlingi

TAG

 

   

 

 

   

An. freeborni

Summary

     

1

        

An. freeborni

TAG

 

     

     

An. marajoara

Summary

1

1

          

1

 

An. marajoara

TAG

 

 

 

  

  

An. nuneztovari

Summary

2

 

2

 

1

      

3

 

1

An. nuneztovari

TAG

 

 

   

     

An. pseudopunctipennis

Summary

2

2

9

 

1

  

1

      

An. pseudopunctipennis

TAG

    

      

An. quadrimaculatus

Summary

1

 

2

  

2

  

1

   

1

2

An. quadrimaculatus

TAG

      

     
  1. 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.