Cucumber expressions starting with a colon are not recognized

[anselmpaul]

Example:

Feature: Colon Bug
    Scenario: This is an example
        Given :this step starts with a colon
        Then the step should be recognized

[Binding]
public class ExampleSteps
{
    [Given(":this step starts with a colon")]
    public void stepStartsWithAColon() {}

    [Then("the step should be recognized")]
    public void stepShouldBeRecognized() {}
}

The step starting with ":" is highlighted as not found and erroneous.