"There are over 3,000 different species of mosquitoes in total, but only a few mosquitoes specialize in biting humans," said Zhilei Zhao, a postdoctoral researcher of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University as quoted in this article in LIVESCIENCE.  To read the full article: LIVESCIENCE.   Zhilei's study can be found in Nature, May 4, 2022.