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[...]association with river flood pulses, seasonality and degree of sun exposure were the main characteristics for larval habitat classification.[...]larval habitats classified with water movement presented some degree of current (longitudinal water movement) and some degree of constant water levels fluctuations due to its connection with a pulsing-system, such as riverbed pools or LAR directly connected to the river.[...]Chagasia bonneae was positively associated with larval habitats closer to the Yanomami dwellings (Z = -2.18, P = 0.029), with river flood pulses (Z = -4.19, P < 0.0001) and with water movement (Z = 8.12, P < 0.0001).[...]more information on the ecology of Neotropical anopheline immature forms is needed in other settings, particularly for An. darlingi, to better understand the key environmental drivers that may modulate the occurrence of the main malaria vector of the Amazon basin.