Babykamenia Ponomarenko & Shcherbakov, 2004

Type species. Babykamenia eskovi Ponomarenko & Shcherbakov, 2004: S203 (by original designation).

Diagnosis. Forewing elongate with few crossveins present; trichosors and end-twigging present along posterior margin; costal area narrow; RA beyond junction with Sc only slightly arched along wing length; narrow terminal forks numerous along posterior wing margin although few amongst distal RP branches; RP origin towards base of wing; RP with twelve close-set branches, proximal ones almost parallel to longitudinal wing axis along most of length, not curving towards posterior wing margin in distal part of wing; M forked distal to origin of RP1 with numerous end-twigging; CuA pectinately branched around wing midpoint (distal to separation of MA and MP) closer to wing margin and comprising four branches; CuP forks proximal to CuA branching with anterior branch forking once more; 1A pectinate, with more branches than CuA or 2A; HW unknown.

Comments. Typical of stem group taxa, Babykamenia (like other Archaeosmylidae) exhibits plesiomorphic features such as RP originating basally in the wing and CuP forked with branches occupying a smaller area of the wing than M. These features lead Ponomarenko & Shcherbakov (2004) to suggest a closer relationship with Archeosmylidae and Permithonidae, although recent evidence suggests that while they are both stem group taxa, the resemblance is superficial. Permithonidae are older than Archeosmylidae and likely represent stem-group neuropteridans, while Archeosmylidae represent stem-group Osmylidae (see Engel et al., 2018).