Field Research Task

Have you tried restarting your game?

We had this in our raid group - resetting didn't work; suggestion was to bin and recollect.

Spun one today, but threw it after 10 minutes. Googled and found a possible answer (or continued confusion?)

https://pokemongo.gamewith.jp/questions/show/202773

Google and the first thing on reddit tells you this:
quest_evolve_special2_singular : "Evolve a Meowth" = Houndour
quest_catch_special14_singular : "Catch a Meowth or Growlithe" = Electrike
quest_catch_special16_singular : "Catch a Skitty or Poochyena" = Snubbull