Aquatic vegetation as a basis for classification of Anopheles albimanus Weideman (Diptera: Culicidae) larval habitats

Larvae of Anopheles albimanus were collected on the Pacific coastal plain of Chiapas, Mexico, from sites representing different larval habitats. Individual habitats were classified into higher units, or habitat-types, by cluster analysis based on 37 environmental variables. Sixteen clusters, or habitat-types, were distinguished and defined by dominant plant species. Habitat-types were ranked by mosquito larval density and categorized as either low, medium, or high producers of A. albimanus. -from Authors