Can a new record of a species for a country fauna be published only in a Ph.D. thesis (e.g.: Xxxus yyyus, L., 1758, New record for ZZZian fauna)?

Hello, everybody, If a species is recorded for the first time in a country, but only in a Ph.D. thesis, without any other subsequent publication by the same author (e.g.: in a paper dealing with...

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