This species formed 0.61% of the total larvae collected in this study. Larvae of this species were collected only from
the villages of Eastern Zez and Eastern Zalaghi (mountains). This species often egg-lays in the larval habitats containing
permanent waters (80.0%), stagnant waters (66.7%) and clean waters (93.3%) where are exposed to sunlight (93.3%). This Anopheles was not found in the artificial larval nests; and 80.0% of its larval nests consisted of river sides (Table 3). Larvae of An.marterii were obtained along with larvae of An. superpictus (formA), An. stephensi, An. claviger, An. turkhodi, An. maculipennis complex and An. d’thali in the same larval habitats.