The larvae of this species were hunted from the larval nests in the rural districts of Farsesh, Eastern Zalaghi, Eastern Zez
and Mahroo that all are mountainous areas of Aligudarz County during June to September. The abundance of this species
was 0.61%; and was caught in the 24 larval habitats. Larvae of this Anopheles usually were collected from permanent and temporary waters, and the most from stagnant waters. This species has been active in the waters where plants were outside or on the surface of waters; 46% of larvae were caught from the larval nests without plants; it mostly lays eggs in the sunny larval nests (87.5%). It often chooses larval habitats with sandy and muddy bottom and prefers more clean water. Natural larval nests of this species is often in the rivers’ sides (53.2%) and larval artificial nests is often plots of rice cultivations (87.5%) and the others are sides of the concrete curbs (Table 3). Larvae of this Anopheles have been gathered along with larvae of An. superpictus (form A), An. turkhodi, An. Stephensi, An. d’thali, An. maculipennis complex, An. marterii and An. claviger in the areas under its distribution.