Catalogue of Diplotaxini (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae) of the Old World Author Bezdĕk, Aleš text Zootaxa 2004 2004-03-16 463 1 1 90 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.463.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.463.1.1 1175­5334 5028548 Genus Epipholis Moser, 1917 Epipholis Moser, 1917: 87 ; Arrow, 1943: 779 (syn. of Brachypholis ); Lacroix, 2002: 163 Type species: Epipholis assiniensis Moser, 1917 ; by monotypy. Distribution: Known only from Ivory Coast . Remark: Although Arrow (1943) synonymized the genus Epipholis with Brachypholis , Lacroix (2002) regards them as independent genera.