The most abundant of anopheline larvae caught were in the rural districts of Eastern Zalaghi (35.65%) and Eastern
Zez (32.90%) and the lowest in the Mahroo (3.42%) and Eastern Berberud (3.45%). Meanwhile, An. superpictus form A (92.57%) was the dominant species anopheline larvae of the region. The most abundant An. superpictus form A larvae were obtained in the villages of Eastern Zalaghi (37.2%) and Eastern Zez (32.9%) and the lowest in Eastern Berberud (2.84%) and Mahroo (2.89%) (Table 1). Abundance of anopheline larvae hunted in the mountainous regions and plains were 87.9% and 12.1% respectively. An. superpictus (form B), An. turkhodi, An. d’thali, An. marterii, An. stephensi and An. apoci were collected only from the larval nests in mountainous regions. The most frequently anopheline larvae collected in mountainous regions and plains was An. superpictus
(form A) (Table 2).